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River Flood Warning 52, NWS New Orleans, LA

May 8, 2024East Baton Rouge Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this river flood warning at May 8, 2024, 9:23 PM CDT for East Baton Rouge Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. It took effect at May 14, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 33 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2024, 9:23 PM CDT (02:23 UTC)
In effect from
May 14, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 16, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
33 days
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA, West Feliciana Parish, LA

The radar

The Hammond radar (KHDC), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Red River Landing (RRLL1).

Action stage
40 ft
Minor stage
48 ft
Moderate stage
55 ft
Major stage
64 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.